Box bed-spring.



O. M. BURTON.

BOXBED SPRING. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14, 1911.

1,201,553. I Patented Oct. 17,1916.

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0. M. BURTON.

BOX BED SPRING.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14. 1911.

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OLIVER M. BURTON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO DIXIE COTTON FELT MAT- TRESS 00., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A COJRIPORA'IIIION.

BOX BED-SPRING.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Oct. 17, 1916.

Application filed June 14, 1911. Serial No. 633,156.

1'10 and primarily seeks to provide an improved construction of bed-springs having an open bottom, a pad or mattress removably secured to the surface of the spring and a cover extending over the pad and sides of the spring and around the frame thereof, the cover being removably attached to the frame at its lower edge so that it may be readily removed and cleaned and permit the removal and renovating of the mattress or zopad and the cleaning of the springs and frame.

The invention further seeks to provide improved means for securely and neatly holding the mattress or pad and the cover in position.

A further object of the invention is to provide improved means for supporting the coiled springs from a rectangular wooden frame and within the open bottom of the V box spring.

The invention consists in the features of improvement hereinafter set forth, illustrated in the preferred form in the accompanying drawings and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved box spring with a portion of the cover and a portion of the pad detached therefrom. Fig. 2 is an inverted perspective view of one corner of the spring bed frame illustrating the manner of securing the cover thereto. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view in vertical section of a portion of the improved box spring. Fig. 1 is a horizontal section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

The open rectangular frame 10 is formed of wood so that the stay cords between the springs can be conveniently secured thereto. To prevent warping, the sides and ends of the rectangular frame are preferably formed of upper and lower bars secured together in any suitable manner. The outer corners of the frame 10 are preferably rounded, as shown. Rows of coiled springs, preferably of the hour glass type, are supported upon the frame. The short, outer rows of springs 11 rest upon the upper face of the frame and are secured thereto by staples 12. All of the springs inside of the outer rows of springs 11 are relatively long and extend downwardly through the open bottom frame 10. These springs 13 are carried upon a series of transverse, flat, metal supporting bars 14 which are arranged on edge and extend across and below the frame 10. The end portions 11 of the supporting bars 1 1 are twisted and bent upwardly and overlap the upper face of the frame 10, being secured thereto by screws 15. The lower coils 13 of the springs 13 extend through openings in the supporting bars 14; and the springs are securely held-in place on the bars by a series of stay wires 16 which extend across the bottom of the spring-bed at right 'anglesto the supporting bars. The

stay wires 16 extend beneath the lower coils 13 of the springs 13 and between the sides of these coils are bent upwardly over the upper edges of the supporting bars 14.

Preferably, as shown, the stay wires extend through notches 16 in the upper edges of the bars 14. The ends of the stay Wires are bent upwardly and overlap the upper face of the frame 10, and its extreme end is provided with a downturned prong 17 which is readily forced into the wooden frame 10 to securely connect the stay wires thereto.

Preferably, also, a staple 18 extends over each end of the stay wire.

A rectangular border rod 19, which is preferably formed of ratan or the like, is secured to the upper outer edge portions of the short springs 11. This rod is preferably held in place by winding twine around the rod and the upper coils of the springs 11,

as indicated in the drawings at 20. The corners of the border rod are rounded, as indicated in Fig. 1. Longitudinal, trans verse and diagonal stay cords 21 connect and extend across the upper coils of the springs 11 and 13 and inclined stay cords 22 connect the coils of the springs to the wooden rectangular frame 10, the ends of the cords being wound about nails 23 driven into the upper face of the frame 10. Vertical stay cords 2 1 also connect the border rod 19 to the frame 10. The stay cords are arranged to hold the springs 11 and 13 somewhat compressed.

A mattress, or preferably a comparatively thin pad, is supported on the surface formed by the upper coils of the springs 11 and 13 and the connecting cords 21. This pad may be filled with any suitable material such as hair, felt or the like, the filling 25 being interposed between upper and lower layers 26 and 27 of fabric. The layers of fabric 26 and 27 are sewed together at their edges and are connected together to hold the filling 25 in place by the quilting stitches or tufts 29 and preferably also by a line of stitches 29 adjacent the edge of the pad. The pad is removably secured in position and for this purpose is provided at its edge with tapes 28 which are preferably arranged in pairs and conveniently engage the stay cords 2%. The tapes 28 tend to draw the edge of the pad over the border rod 19 and preferably, also, the lower fabric layer 27 of the pad is somewhat smaller than the upper fabric 26, so that the edge of the pad tends to curl over the border rod. The pad is of sufiicient size to entirely cover the top of the spring bed and extend over the upper border rod 19 at the edge thereof.

The removable cover comprises an upper rectangular portion 30 having rounded corners, which is of suflicient size to extend entirely over the removable pad, and a depend- 30 ing side portion or wall 31, which extends downwardly around all sides of the spring bed and then around the outer, lower and inner faces of the frame 10. The top and side portions of the cover are sewed together and the lower edge of the side portion there of is detachably secured to the frame 10 preferably by means of detachable ball and socket fastening members. These ball and socket fastening members comprise a series of ball-headed nails or tacks 32 which are driven into the inner edge of the frame 10 and socket members 83 which are secured to the edge of the cover and are adapted to detachably engage the ball fasteners 82. The

protecting cover can thus be readily re- 'moved and washed and when the cover is removed, the pad can also be easily removed so that the frame and springs can be cleansed and pad renovated, if desired.

To draw the removable cover snugly and neatly around the corners of the box spring, tapes 3% are woven through the lower corner portions of the cover and projecting hooks 35 are mounted upon the inner corners of the frame 10. By looping the tapes over the hooks, drawing them tight and knotting them, the corners of the cover will be drawn together and pulled smoothly and neatly over and around the corners of the frame.

, 0 By drawing the cover about and beneath the es the bed. Furthermore, by extending the edge of the cover beneath the frame, it is gripped between the frame and the side rails of the bedstead which carries the spring bed, so that the fastening devices for the cover are, to a considerable extent, relieved of the strain brought thereon when the bed is in use. It should also be noted that the spring supporting bars 14L- and stay wires 16 are spaced from the inner edge of the frame, so that the edge of the cover can be readily secured thereto and detached therefrom.

It is obvious that changes may be made in the details set forth without departure from the essentials of the invention as defined in the claims.

I claim as my invention 1. An open-bottomed box spring bed, comprising a frame, springs supported there on, a removable pad on the upper surface of said springs, a cover separate from said pad and having a top and depending side portions extending over the pad and the sides of said springs and having its lower edge portions extending around and beneath said frame and upwardly over the inner edge thereof, and detachable interlocking fastening members secured respectively to the inner edge of said frame and the edge of said cover for securing the latter detachably in place, substantially as described.

2, A spring bed, comprising a frame, springs supported thereon, a removable pad on the surface of said springs, a cover having a top and depending side portions ex- 100 tending over said pad and the sides of said springs and secured detachably at its edge to said frame, tapes extending through the lower corner portions of the cover for drawing it snugly around the corners of said 105 frame, and hooks on said frame engaged by said tapes, substantially as described.

- 3, A spring bed, comprising a frame, springs supported thereon, a removable pad on the surface of said springs, a cover hav- 110 ing a top and depending side portions extending over said pad and springs and around said frame, said frame having ball fasteners fixed on its inner edge and said cover having socket members secured to its 5 edge for detachably engaging said ball fasteners, and tapes in said cover at its lower corner portions for drawing the same snugly about the corners of said frame, substantially as described.

An open-bottomed box spring bed, comprising a frame, spring supports arranged below said frame and having upwardly extending end portions secured to the sides and ends of said frame and spaced from the in- 125 ner edge thereof, springs mounted on said supports, a pad removably mounted on the upper surface of said springs, a cover separate from said pad and consisting of a top and depending side portions extending over 130 said pad and the sides of said springs and to the inner edge of said frame, substanhaving its lower egge portj'ions exteiding tially as described.

around and beneat said rame an upwardly between the inner edge thereof and OLIVER BURTON" the upwardly extending portions of said spring supports, and fastening devices for securing the edge of said cover detachably Witnesses:

CHARLES M. LULING, HARRY L. CLAPP.

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